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This is completely unrelated to your blog – thanks for putting one up – but I have been wondering about the old photos of professional bicycle racers that show water bottles up on the handlebars.

I know this placement was perhaps for convenience, but do you think it might also have been to allow for some weight to damp steering movements similar to a handlebar bag for a low trail geometry?

It might be interesting to add to the list of things to investigate to look at the geometry of bicycles that have water bottles on the handlebars and see if there is a relationship between low trail and where the water bottles are carried, or to simply try out a low trail bicycle with water bottles on the bar and no bag, and compare the handling feel with a bag.

The lawn is not manicured – the photo was taken in Leschi Park in Seattle. It’s not exactly “off the beaten path,” but it’s surprising how many cyclists never venture off Lake Washington Boulevard to explore the wonderful infill parks designed by the Olmstead brothers in Seattle.